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Chapter 15: Father (1)
"Haa... haa... haa..."
Chuuup... chuuup... chuuup...
Yurian caught her breath after a deep kiss with Blair. Blair added more bubbles until the bathtub was filled with white foam. Yurian absentmindedly played with the soft bubbles, lost in thought.
"Blair... thank you for the advice... I'll try to adapt well to life in the palace. Even Princess Palace and Prince David, though not of the Empress's blood, have managed to get by so far."
Despite being a woman, Palace lived as she pleased. Emperor Idys was clearly a lecherous man who might even lay hands on his own daughters. How did someone as glamorous and beautiful as Palace survive under such a father?
"Palace... Do you think you'll be fine just because Palace has managed to live as a woman in the palace? There was a time when Father laid hands on Palace. Not just her, but the other daughters too. The Empress knows about it. But she hasn't killed Palace because Palace is someone the Empress likes. She's also an unusual girl who gets along well with her equally unusual brother, Henry."
"To be in the Empress's favor... That's not as easy as it sounds. But maybe for someone as beautiful and dazzling as Princess Palace, it's not so hard."
Blair smiled at Yurian's words.
"In any case, there's no harm in being careful. I should go down to the banquet hall now. As the empire's eldest son, Father might say something if I don't at least show my face. Do you want to rest in your room for a bit?"
Yurian thought for a moment. If she went to the banquet hall, Sebastian would be there, and she didn't want to see him.
"Yes. Then I'll go back to my room and rest."
After her bath, Yurian dried herself with a towel. Blair glanced at Yurian's torn dress lying under the bed and ordered a servant to bring a new one. After putting on the new dress, Yurian left Blair's room.
"Then, I'll go."
Yurian touched the luxurious fabric of her dress. The chest was still a bit tight, but it fit better than the dresses left by the previous princess. She walked down the corridor, exiting Blair's maze-like quarters. Blair, who preferred quiet, seemed to have chosen a secluded room with little foot traffic.
After crossing a long indoor sky bridge decorated with flowers and grass, Yurian descended the stairs to return to her room in the main palace. At the bottom of the stairs, she stopped abruptly when she saw a familiar shadow.
"Where are you going, Yurian?"
The familiar shadow was none other than Idys, Emperor of the Edlen Empire. He looked quite young, with muscular arms from regular exercise and self-care. Yurian knew that, in his youth, he had fought on many battlefields to build the current Edlen Empire, defeating other siblings to claim the throne. As the son of a lowly concubine, he must have endured unimaginable hardships to become emperor.
Perhaps because of those difficult years, after ascending the throne, Emperor Idys indulged in women and lived a debauched life. He married the current Empress, a woman of great wealth and beauty. Even after gaining the greatest power and the best wife, he never stopped his debauchery. In fact, it got worse he seduced not only maids and noblewomen, but even his own daughters.
And the aftermath was always handled by the Empress, Rachel.
She dealt with the women her husband touched, sometimes secretly, sometimes publicly, always finding a reason. Born into a successful noble family, the Empress had never wanted for anything, so disposing of women was nothing to her. Sometimes, she even seemed to enjoy it. She took pleasure in torturing and killing women.
Emperor Idys was well aware of the Empress's temperament. Sometimes, a woman who had spent the night with him was found dead the next day. But Idys felt no guilt and never thought to stop the Empress. She was from the family that helped make him emperor, so she was the most important person to him.
No matter how many died, the emperor had no intention of giving up his promiscuous hobbies. He wanted everything he desired objects, women, and even his own daughter, Yurian. She was just one more thing he could play with and violate whenever he pleased.
"Your Majesty. I'm not feeling well today, so I was going to rest in my room."
The emperor put his hand on Yurian's shoulder.
"Oh, Yurian. Sebastian was really looking forward to seeing you at the banquet. You can't skip such an important event. It's a gathering to strengthen ties between our countries. You really should attend."
Though the emperor said "should," to Yurian it sounded like a threat she had to go. He knew how Sebastian looked at her, yet still insisted she attend.
"Yes... I understand."
When Yurian agreed to attend, the emperor finally smiled in satisfaction and let his hand slide down to her waist.
"Good. I was just heading to the banquet hall myself."
Nervous, Yurian watched as her father's hand slid lower, eventually brushing her large hips.
"To think I had such a grown daughter and didn't even know it."
Yurian thought this was her chance to ask about her mother.
"How did you meet my mother?"
She was curious how her mother, a noblewoman from a small town with no palace connections, had met the emperor. Yurian had never heard anything about her birth from her mother and only recently learned her father was the emperor. All she knew was that her mother's family had collapsed, forcing her mother to leave home and take odd jobs to raise Yurian.
"Your mother... well, this might be hard for you to hear, but your grandfather, whose family was only noble in name and nearly ruined, sold your mother to the palace for money instead of paying rent."
Though brief, the emperor's words were a shock to Yurian.
"And then? How did my mother get out of the palace?"
"That's... your mother..."
The emperor's hand slid further down to Yurian's hips, but he stopped speaking. They had already arrived at the banquet hall, and the emperor was greeted by people there.
"Your Majesty, you look even younger today."
The emperor was soon surrounded by sycophants, and Yurian found herself isolated.
"Yurian, what are you doing? Come over here."
Henry spotted Yurian and pulled her over to the siblings' table. Yurian was disappointed she might have learned more about her mother from the emperor.
"Weren't you going to rest because you weren't feeling well?"
Blair, who had said he was returning to his room, questioned Yurian's presence at the banquet. Yurian hesitated, unsure how to answer. Should she say she'd been brought by the emperor?
"Yurian, have some wine. His Majesty brought out the good stuff for Sebastian's visit."
Palace pointed out Sebastian at another table and sipped a glass of clear wine. Yurian took the purple wine glass Palace handed her and tasted wine for the first time. Sweet at first, with a slightly bitter aftertaste, it made Yurian's cheeks flush after just one sip. From the highest seat in the banquet hall, Emperor Idys watched his daughter with eyes full of desire
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